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Evan Rachel Wood's uncanny impressions of Madonna, Alanis Morisette and Janis Joplin shock Jimmy Fallon
The "Westworld" star, who just finished portraying Madonna in the upcoming "Weird Al" Yankovic biopic, showed off her best singing impressions and killed it.
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'I was with Janis Joplin's drug dealer the night she died': An excerpt from Miss Mercy's groupie autobiography 'Permanent Damage'
The late Miss Mercy was the most outrageous and possibly least together member of the trailblazing, Frank Zappa-produced girl group the GTOs, or Girls Together Outrageously.
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The 27 Club: Music's most tragic list highlights the emotional pressure of the spotlight
Although autopsy reports and historical records about the fast lives Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse carried out in their final years can tell us how they met their tragic ends, a better way to understand their deaths is to consider why.
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Alicia Keys Channels Adele, Gwen Stefani, and Janis Joplin on ‘Tonight Show’
On "The Tonight Show," Alicia Keys displayed her musical prowess in a game called “Wheel of Musical Impressions,” and she started by teaching Adele her ABC’s — that is, she sang the alphabet song to the tune of Adele’s famous “Hello.”
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Michelle Williams in Talks to Star in Sean Durkin's Janis Joplin Biopic
Michelle Williams is in talks to star as the iconic rock star Janis Joplin in Martha Marcy May Marlene helmer Sean Durkin’s biopic Janis. Peter Newman is producing the pic with Durkin’s partners at Borderline Films, along with Uncommon Productions, Interal, and Seven Hills Productions. Williams’ reps could not be reached for comment.
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'Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue' Breaks Down A Rock Legend
Janis: Little Girl Blue, airing Tuesday night on PBS’ American Masters, does a good job of depicting why Janis Joplin was so appealing a figure in 1960s rock. It also demonstrates the problems of making a documentary at the behest of a family estate that wants its own version of Joplin’s life to become the accepted one. Joplin emerged from Port Arthur, Texas, in the 1960s with a big voice and a head full of the blues—both blues music from black musicians she idolized, and a blue mood from the